Workshops

The Bakersfield College library offers Research Workshops throughout the semester.

Workshop topics include:

Research Strategies: Tips for developing a research topic, including how to do subject and keyword searches.

Finding Books: The basics of effectively searching for books, e-books and other library materials, and an overview of the features of the library catalog.

Finding Periodical Articles Online: An overview of Gale Expanded Academic ASAP and EBSCOhost including how to locate scholarly articles and narrow a search to get more relevant information - a must for anyone doing a research paper.

Beyond Basic Google Searching: A workshop focusing on advanced techniques in Google and other subject directories to find sources appropriate for academic research.

Ethics in Research: Examines the legal and ethical issues of information use, including plagiarism, documentation of sources, and copyright.

Internet Evaluation: A review of the five simple steps that can be used to determine the reliability of information found on the web--essential for anyone who intends to use the Internet for research purposes.

Evaluating Print Sources: How to use Contemporary Authors, Book Review Digest, and Magazines for Libraries to validate the quality of print sources.